Effects of mindfulness training on daily stress response in college students: Ecological momentary assessment of a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce rates of depression, anxiety and perceived stress, but its impact on stress and emotion regulation in real-world settings in the college-aged population is unknown. This study examines the effect of an 8-session long mindfulness training on first-year college students' daily experiences of stress and emotion regulation.

Methods: Fifty-two first-year students were randomized to the mindfulness training or the waitlist-control group during the fall academic semester.

Mind-Body and Psychosocial Interventions May Similarly Affect Heart Rate Variability Patterns in Cancer Recovery: Implications for a Mechanism of Symptom Improvement.

Background: Advancements in early detection and treatment of cancer have led to increased survival rates and greater need to identify effective supportive care options for resolving symptoms of survivorship. Many non-pharmacological approaches to symptom management during and after cancer treatment involve emotional self-regulation as a central strategy for improving well-being. Identifying commonalities among these strategies' mechanisms of action may facilitate understanding of what might be useful for optimizing intervention effects.

The Daily Influences of Yoga on Relational Outcomes Off of the Mat.

Background: Despite the wide array of health benefits that have been evidenced with yoga, a clear gap exists examining how yoga impacts connections with oneself and to others.

Aims: The objectives of the present study were twofold: (1) to describe the day-to-day (in)variability in daily yoga practice and relational outcomes and (2) to examine the direct and indirect effects of yoga practice on relational outcomes.

Methods: Community-dwelling yoga practitioners ( = 104, age range: 18-76 years) with a yoga practice of at least once a week were recruited for a 21-day daily diary study.

"Yoga resets my inner peace barometer": A qualitative study illuminating the pathways of how yoga impacts one's relationship to oneself and to others.

Objectives: The purpose of this qualitative study was twofold: (1) to better understand how yoga practitioners perceive intra- and interpersonal outcomes of their yoga practice, and (2) to develop a conceptual model of yoga effects on intra- and interpersonal outcomes that may underlie the "relational" influences of yoga.

Design: As part of a larger study, 107 community-dwelling yoga practitioners (age M=41.2±15.

The impact of trait mindfulness on relational outcomes in novice yoga practitioners participating in an academic yoga course.

Objective: This study examined the role of dispositional mindfulness in impacting the relational benefits of yoga in novice practitioners in an undergraduate academic yoga course.

Participants: 21 college students enrolled in a yoga course throughout a 15-week academic semester (January-April 2016).

Methods: Participants attended lab assessments at the beginning and end of the semester and were asked to complete eight consecutive Internet-based daily surveys across six separate bursts, yielding 48 data points for each participant.

Promoting healthy transition to college through mindfulness training with first-year college students: Pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Given the importance of developmental transitions on young adults' lives and the high rates of mental health issues among U.S. college students, first-year college students can be particularly vulnerable to stress and adversity.

Concurrent and lagged relations between momentary affect and sedentary behavior in middle-aged women.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the reciprocal relationship between sedentary behavior (SB) and momentary affect in the context of daily experiences.

Methods: Community-dwelling midlife women (N = 121; age 40-60 y) were recruited for a 15-day daily diary study. The women rated their positive and negative affect when prompted on a personal digital assistant device four times per day and wore an accelerometer for objective assessment of SB.

An intensive longitudinal examination of daily physical activity and sleep in midlife women.

Objectives: Previous research examining physical activity (PA) and sleep link has largely ignored the day-to-day variability that is present in these 2 health behaviors, and few studies have addressed this relation using objective assessments of PA and sleep. Through an intensive longitudinal design, the present study aimed: (1) to elucidate the reciprocal associations between PA and sleep; and (2) to better understand the role of body mass index (BMI) in these 2 health behaviors.

Methods: Community-dwelling midlife women (N = 103; M = 53, age range= 40-60 years) wore an accelerometer for the objective assessment of PA and sleep for 21 days.

Daily physical activity enhances resilient resources for symptom management in middle-aged women.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the direct and indirect associations between physical activity and menopausal symptoms.

Methods: Community-dwelling middle-aged women (N = 103; age range 40-60 years) completed daily Internet surveys at the end of the day and wore an accelerometer for the objective assessment of physical activity for 21-days. 1-1-1 multilevel mediation models were estimated to test whether resilient resources (i.